I started this post earlier this week, and had previously scheduled it for Thursday. Wednesday, our family suffered a loss. We had to say goodbye to one of our beloved pets, and I quickly rescheduled this post for a month later – to enable me time to go back and work on it when I[…]

We started my son in swimming lessons as soon as he was eligible. We thought we would be proactive getting him in the water and a head start at what both my husband and I believe to be a life skill and a necessity.  He was not a happy camper most of the time, clinging[…]

Remember back to the maternity leave days, or maybe you are living that reality now, when the finances dip and the expenses increase? Well really the latter explains having children in general, but I think that is when I first realized that I would maximize our dollars and still be able to get out, involved[…]

One of my biggest fears for my child is for them to be bullied. Growing up I do not remember as much emphasis talking about bullying nor do I remember much bullying on the schoolyard.  I do remember hitting the preteen years where some kids started to be mean & judgmental of others, but even[…]

I am blessed with a lot of great friends. When we add up all the kids between us it can make things like birthday party planning, and including everyone, difficult. As a practice, come our children’s birthdays, we haven’t felt obligated to invite each others kids to the parties and some of us even forgo[…]

Happy Family Day! We are so excited to launch our new website serving our local parenting community! We hope you will find Mom Cafe as a great place for resources, ideas, things to do, have great discussions and provide support.  We’ve got so much more to come, so take a few minutes to look around[…]